Shirt sleeve



w. l. HAWKINS Sept. 8, 1925.

Filed Jan. 2. 1923 FIG 3 Patented Sept. 8, 1925.

UNITED STATES WASHINGTON I. HAWKINS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

SHIRT SLEEVE.

Application filed January 2, 1923. Serial No. 610,213.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, l VAsHINeToN I. HAWKINS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco andState of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in ShirtSleeves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention resides in the provision of simple and inexpensive meansfor shortening the sleeves of mens shirts so as to draw into concealedposition in the coat sleeves, thecuifs of said shirt sleeves, wherebywhen the cuffs are soiled they may be thus hidden and also, clean cuffsmay, in this manner, be protected against becoming easily soiled.

The primary object of the invention is to provide sleeve shorteningmeans as described which may be provided by the simple expediency offorming a button hole in each sleeve and by the use of the placketbuttons as now generally used, to close the sleeve plackets of thepresent day shirt.

The invention possesses other advantages and features some of which,with the foregoing will be set forth at length in the followingdescription where I shall outline in full that form of the inventionwhich I have selected for illustration in the drawing aocompanying andforming a part of the present specification. In said drawing I haveshown one form of the construction of m invention, but it is to beunderstood that I do not limit myself to such form since the inventionas expressed in the claim may be embodied in a pluralit of forms.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an ordinary shirt sleeve with attachedcuff showing the extra button hole necessitated by my in vention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the sleeve and cuff showing thearrangement thereof when my invention is carried out.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of the invention.

In carrying out my invention with the ordinary mens shirt having, asshown in the drawing, a sleeve 1, attached fold back cuff 2, placket 3,placket reinforcing strip 4, placket button 5 and button-hole 6, I forma button-hole 7 in the sleeve preferably through the inner end portionof the strip 4, which portion is located beyond and in line with theclosed end of the placket. I do not wish to limit myself to the arrangeand generally speaking,

. providing that upon buttoning of the button 5 in'said hole, the sleevewill be shortened and the cuff drawn upwardly on the arm. However, thearrangement shown in the drawing is desirable since it is simple andinexpensive and provides for my invention at the least expense.

To shorten the sleeve to hide a soiled cuff or toprotect a fresh cufi,it is only necessary to button the button 5 in the hole 7. This may bedone with the placket open or unbuttoned, as well as when the placket isclosed or buttoned, although a ne-ater folding and sleeve shortening maybe effected when the placket is closed. as shown in Fig. 2.

The shortening is best effected by grasping the sleeve near the button 5and pulling up on the cuff so as to bring said button through theplacket and under and then through the button-hole 7 This may be easilydone and provides a smooth fold as shown at 8. In the ordinary shirt theplacket button is located from approximately three to five and one-halfinches from the inner end of the placket or inner end of the reinforcingstrip and the buttoning of the placket button into a button-hole locatednear the inner end of the placket will provide for a shortening of thesleeve sufficient to draw the cuff to a well concealed or protectedposition in the coat sleeve, this withdrawal of the cuff beingsubstantially equal to the distance between the placket and but tons andextra button-hole.

With my invention the placket button has a double function and this isan important point in that extra elements such as usually employed inshirts for shortening sleeves are not necessary. It is only necessary toprovide in the ordinary shirt sleeve an extra button-hole, to carry outmy invention. Due to the simplicity of my invention, its absence ofextra buttons, tabs and other elements, the sleeve of my invention willfold without bulging, is neat, easier to operate is a substantialimprovement over other sleeves having shortening means thereon.

In instances where,' with the cufi exposed, the sleeves aretoo long, by:buttoning the placket button into the extra button-holes, the sleeveswill. be shortened to suit the wearer.

In Fig. 8, I have shown a modified fornroi my invention wherein theplacket reinforcing strip 9 is folded to. form a tab. 10. The tab 10 hasa button-hole 11 therein and this button-hole is adapted to receive theusual placket button12. One advantage in this form or" the constructionis that it is unnecessary to button through the placket opening, it onlybeing necessary to make a transverse told of the sleeve and to disposethe placket button beneath the tab, as. is obvious from an inspection ofthe drawings, instead of having to bring the button through the placketopening and underneath the reinforcing strip, as in the previouslydescribed form of the invention. In attaching the reinforcing strip,it'is-folded transversely at a point spaced inwardly from its outer or.

upper end and stitched, as shown, so that the tab is provided. The tabimay also befastened on one side .to the strip and-as shown,

is folded under one sideot the placket opening as at 13. This serves tohold the tab 'more or less flat against the top of the refoldof vthestrip intermediate of its ends and by the longitudinal fold so as tobring a portion of the tab on the. under side of the sleeve.

I claim:

A shirt sleeve having a placket and two button-holes extending throughthe sleeve, one hole being located on one side of and intermediate ofthe ends of theplacket and the other located adjacent the upper or innerend of the placket and a button on the side of the placket substantiallyoppositeto' the first named button-hole adapted tobutton from theinnerside of; the sleevethrough both holes, the first hole so as to close theplacket and the second hole after a trans verse fold of the sleeve so asto shorten the sleeve.

WASHINGTON -.,I. HAWKINS.

